Sometimes a glowing screen can't replace the feel and flexibility of old fashioned pen and paper. We've already talked about some of the best pens for the job, but when you need a good notebook to jot down those thoughts, drawings, or doodles in, you have tons to choose from. This week, we're going to check out some the best paper notebooks money can buy, based on your nominations.

Since launching in 1997, Moleskine has amassed the kind of following and loyalty few brands experience. (It's no secret that we're huge fans here at Lifehacker.) The simply designed notebooks can be used for everything from travel journals and to-do lists, to sketch books and design portfolios. In the age of everything digital, Moleskine has managed to keep analog not only relevant, but cool—and the company's co-founder Maria Sebregondi has a lot to do with that. Today, she oversees brand development projects across Moleskine's expanding collection of notebooks, bags, and writing instruments. We caught up with Maria to find out her favorite apps, secret talents, and more.

The Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine is a special notebook that combines the pleasantness of writing in a Moleskine with the appeal of having your handwritten pages auto-tagged, searchable, and backed up in the cloud as Evernote notes. They're a smart buy if you're planning on upgrading to Evernote Premium.

iOS: If you prefer to take notes on your phone, but miss the look of a paper notebook like a Moleskine, Meernotes is a note-taking app for the iPhone that looks the part and offers you multiple fonts and notebooks for different ideas and purposes. Don't be fooled though—the app packs cloud sync, Dropbox support, and more features you wouldn't get from paper.

We couldn't help but be impressed with Moleskine's hybrid notebook/Kindle case. Those covers are sold out at Amazon, though, and not that cheap. Reader Tom H. shows us how to cut our own Kindle case from a Moleskine sketchbook for $16.

If you don't add the Apple sticker, a DIY, Moleskine-style iPad case offers quite a few advantages over Apple's own model. It feels better in the hand, has a customizable backing, and, best of all, doesn't advertise your $500, easily-lifted device.

Kindle ebook readers save you the hassle of lugging books around, but pen and paper is still a favorite note-taking tool. Moleskine, maker of the oft-hacked notebook, does its own mod and makes a Kindle case that makes perfect sense.

Click to viewEver needed to take a quick look at a subway map but don't want to out yourself as a tourist who doesn't know his way around? This brilliant Moleskine map hack demonstrates how to check your map but keep your street cred.

We'd like to think that the people we're paying for advice (like doctors) would offer the same helpful advice no matter what, but reader citizenkahn suggests that if you really want good advice, pull out a notebook and start taking notes—a phenomenon he's dubbed the Moleskine effect.

Earlier this week we highlighted some very cool Moleskine icons for Macs, and while a serious Moleskine nut could convert them for Windows, reader shadoblak points out a different, already Windows-friendly set of Moleskine icons.

Moleskine enthusiast Richard Bryan details how he replaced his wallet with his treasured Moleskine by sewing together an elastic book cover capable of holding his credit cards, cash, and business cards. The end result is certainly bigger than your average wallet, but if you carry your notebook with you wherever you go, why not take the route to convergence? Bryan's photostream provides a lot of great photos and details for pulling off the Moleskine wallet.

Wired's Gadget Lab details how to create a better iPhone or iPod touch ebook reader using the Books application on a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch and a Moleskine notebook. In a nutshell, you strip out a hole in the book secret hollow book-style just the size of your iPhone. It may seem stupid, but if you've ever tried holding that small little phone as a book for any amount of time, it gets uncomfortable. This little hack gives you the same feel of reading a book but all the touch navigation ebookness of an iPhone. Hit the jump for a look at the time-lapse video of the Moleskine Reader in the making.

The Modofly artist collaborative etches your favorite designer notebook—the Moleskine—with beautiful and eye-catching artwork. The Moleskine won best designer notebook by a landslide in a recent face-off, but to differentiate yourself from all those other Moleskine toters, you want one of Modofly's creations. The bad news is that Modofly's Moleskines are even more expensive than the original at 36 bucks a pop, but good looks don't come cheap. The Silver Bullet robot is pictured here; hit the jump to check out a few more of our favorite geeky Modofly Moleskine picks.

The Moleskine won the battle of the fancy designer notebooks by a mile last month here at Lifehacker. If you want to measure your existing Moleskine addiction—or just get an intro to the fabled leather-bound notebooks—the Put Things Off weblog offers the ultimate guide to the Moleskine, featuring the various models, mods, and accessories to feed your fetish.

The new Chronotebook day planner takes a different approach to laying out your tasks and events—instead of representing your day in a boring sequence of lines or on a grid, it displays time on an axis, like an analog clock. Each page represents either the AM or PM, and you write your plans like spokes on a bicycle wheel. Check out more photos of the notebook after the jump.

Web site Planner Hack details how to turn your pocket-sized Moleskine into a custom weekly planner with an at-a-glance look at your upcoming week. With no shortage of pre-made weekly planners in the world, why would you want to put together a DIY version? There's really just one (albeit very good) reason: You've decided it's time to get your schedule in order, but guess what: It's neither the start of a new year nor the start of a new school year, and since most planners run on these calendars, you're either stuck buying a planner that's only half usable or you just don't buy a planner because it seems like a waste of money at this point. So while this Moleskine planner hack is far from mind-blowing, it's the perfect, cheap interim planner.

Steve from the Inventoids weblog loves the Moleskine hacked for GTD, but he hates the floppy page-marking tabs that "get bent, or pushed out of place, or lose their stick." So instead of sticky tabs protruding from his notebook, he's cut innie tabs at the first five pages of every section similar to what you see marking new letter sets on dictionaries. The idea isn't terribly groundbreaking, but if you're sick of messy tabs sticking out from your notebooks, this might be your solution.

You can create your own moleskine in an afternoon, and the Michael Shannon portfolio contains the most detailed instructions I have ever seen for doing it. Through trial and error Michael developed his own personal moleskine, complete with a sewn and glued binding, durable paper, and a hardy cover. The instructions include templates, diagrams, and detailed material and tool lists. If the hipster PDA isn't for you, give Michael's technique a try. Love the moleskine? We've got a boatload of tips around here. Thanks, Nate!